Premodern Studies
The Premodern Studies Working Group is coordinated and funded by the Department of English.
The University of Pennsylvania English department's Premodern Studies seminar fosters lively conversations about the literary, historical, and cultural materials of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, and the theoretical frameworks, critical perspectives, and methodologies we bring to bear upon those materials. Scholars – Penn English graduate students and faculty, as well as visiting academics – share drafts of article-length works-in-progress, offering participants a chance to make significant scholarly contributions in a relaxed environment. Our meetings foster an atmosphere of shared intellectual vigor, with conversations ranging in form and tone from Q&As and brainstorm sessions, to rigorous, constructive critiques of the papers within their broader critical contexts.
Our listserv address is SAS-ENGL-MEDREN [@] LISTS.UPENN.EDU. You may contact one of this year's co-coordinators, George Perez (gmnperez [@] sas.upenn.edu) or Ariel Bates (batariel [@] sas.upenn.edu) to be subscribed to the listserv or to request more information. You may also subscribe to the list directly through the link at the bottom of this page.
How to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the Premodern Studies Listserv:
https://lists.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=SAS-ENGL-MEDREN
Past Events
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Eric Weiskott (Boston College)
October 25, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Daniel Davies (Penn)
October 11, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Conversation with Dr. Ania Loomba and Dr. Melissa Sanchez on "Studying Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Earlier Periods: Lessons, Limits, and Intersections"
September 27, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Emily Steiner (Penn)
September 6, 2017 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm -
Patricia Dailey, “Feeling Backward: Deor’s Poetics of Recall.”
April 21, 2017 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm -
Jody Enders, Visiting Lecturer "Medieval Church Porn? French Farce Peeks in on the Confessional”
April 13, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm -
Candace Barrington (Central Connecticut State University)
April 11, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Erika Smith Harman (University of Pennsylvania) “Poets, Preachers and Unresolvable Questions.”
March 29, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Melissa Sanchez (University of Pennsylvania)
March 14, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Adam Zucker (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) ““Sensible in the duller parts:” Pedantry, Nonsense, and the Text of Love’s Labour’s Lost.”
March 1, 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm